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Gordon R Watkins

GORDON R WATKINS  (1931 - )

 Nationality:    USA
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 Ballad Of Santa's Happy Helpers         Cages         Caught In The Middle         Dora         End Of The Line, The         How Do You Do?         I Love Harlem         Lion Roams The Street, A         Man In The Middle         Sacrifice, The         Sojourner Truth         Son, Come Home, A         Tinkerman To The Promised Land         Tom Gideon & Friends         Too Late

Ballad Of Santa's Happy Helpers

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Orange, NJ (ESAA)    -

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Cages

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The major action takes place in a New York bar where unsuspecting patrons are manipulated and sometimes forced to become go-go dancers by an ominous bartender, The play deals with the external and internal barriers that are used to separate us, so that we are easily controlled and frustrated in our attempts to bring about positive change. The forceful articulation of minority dreams and frustrations is punctuated by the sensitive presentation of the burdens of loneliness and desperation so many of us bear. The play suggests that we must learn true compassion to change the society..

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NYC; Willmington, DE    -

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Play/Drama

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Male:  6            Female:  3            Other:  -

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Caught In The Middle

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score with Mitchell-Ruff duo

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-    1969

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Breakthrough Press, New York,    -

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Dora

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End Of The Line, The

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How Do You Do?

Synopsis:
Poses image of false black stereotypes as seen through white eyes.

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Play by Ed Bullins

1st Produced:
San Francisco Drama Circle, San Francisco, CA    1965

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Illuminations Press, Mill Valley, California, 1965   -

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Genre:
Musical Score Musical

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Male:  2            Female:  1            Other:  -

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I Love Harlem

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Poetic Film Script

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Lion Roams The Street, A

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score with Dwike Mitchell Jr

1st Produced:
Burlington, VT; NYC; Newark NJ    1971

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Breakthrough Press, New York, 1971   -

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Genre:
Choral Verse Drama One Act

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Man In The Middle

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William "Bear" Walker, ex-gang member, returns to his old neighborhood as a welfare investigator. He is attacked by the local gang, sold out by his old friend, rejected by the people he wants to help - and undercut by the establishment he represents. As Walker fights to combat the decaying conditions of the ghetto and the indifference of the authorities to them, he turns from peaceful methods to protest and is finally forced to violence

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1st Produced:
Hunter Playwrights' Workshop; Little Theatre, West Side YMCA, NYC    -

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Play/Drama

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Male:  15            Female:  5            Other:  extras

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Sacrifice, The

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NYC    1977

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Sojourner Truth

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About 1797 in New York State, a black child was born into the Immeasurable indignities and hardships of American slavery. Desperate and frightened, she sought consolation in personal dialogues with God throughout her early life. One morning after a conversation with her God, the slave called lsabelle started on a journey for her people and became Sojourner Truth, legendary pioneer in the fight for the abolition of slavery, women's rights, humane labor practices and prison reform

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Genre:
Poetic Drama

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Male:  12            Female:  9            Other:  -

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Son, Come Home, A

Synopsis:
Impoverished and superstitious mother is visited by black poet son.

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Play by Ed Bullins

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in "Five Plays", Bobbs Merrill, Indianapolis, 1969   -

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Genre:
Musical Score Musical

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Male:  1            Female:  1            Other:  -

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Tinkerman To The Promised Land

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score with Elain Jones, Serge Suny And Dwike Mitchell Jr

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NYC; Washington DC; NewArk, NJ    1966

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Tom Gideon & Friends

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Too Late

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The Toussaint Group Inc, NY; Cliffside PArk, NY; Orange, NJ (ESAA)    1975

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